This week, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) hosted the Chair and soon-to-be Chair of the U.S. Naval Academy's (USNA) Oceanography Department. NGS provided an overview of the agency's mission and current projects, as well as hosted a roundtable discussion of topics of interest to the USNA curriculum...more
As NGS approached the halfway point with our existing Ten-Year Plan (2008-2018), NGS leadership decided it was time to reevaluate priorities. Upon reviewing current business practices...more
The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) recently performed a research experiment to calibrate the GPS antenna on top of an aircraft used in the Gravity for the Redefinition of the American Vertical Datum (GRAV-D) Project. Antenna calibration for ground-based geodetic GPS antennas greatly reduces positioning errors...more